5 O'Clock (T-Pain song)


"5 O'Clock" is a song by American singer T-Pain, which serves as the second official single from his fourth studio album, Revolver. Featured on the song as guest vocalists are American rapper Wiz Khalifa and British singer Lily Allen. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Allen's first top ten single in the United States.

Background and release

's part in the song is sampled from her 2009 single "Who'd Have Known", which in turn resembles Take That's 2007 single "Shine". Allen states that T-Pain initially heard her song while he was on hold with a store and immediately looked her up after he was done. After being approached with the new song idea by T-Pain, Allen stated she was "flattered by what he did to my original track."
"5 O'Clock" was released on iTunes on September 27, 2011, and has been released on U.S. Mainstream radio since October 18. The song was the last release by T-Pain under the now-defunct label Jive Records. The single was released in Allen's native United Kingdom on 4 December 2011.

Music video

The official music video for the song was released in September 2011. Parts of the video were filmed in Amsterdam's red light district, a choice that T-Pain decided to make after being told it was illegal to film there. It features scenes of T-Pain walking through streets of Amsterdam's red-light district. Billboard called the video "emotional" as T-Pain fails to get in touch with his girlfriend through text messages. While T-Pain and Wiz Khalifa appear in the video, Lily Allen is absent due to her pregnancy at the time. An actress with a similar resemblance to Allen starred as T-Pain's girlfriend named "Lily" in the video.

Critical reception

Consequence of Sound stated that the collaborators worked well together. The mixture of the artist's styles was also complimented by Kiss FM as well as T-Pain's subtle use of autotune. Rock NYC applauded how the song built upon Allen's original sample.

Remixes

The official remix to the song features Lily Allen and Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel. The remix was released on iTunes on November 18, 2011. Other remixes were made by artists like Nelly, Young Kye, and DJ Unk. The radio version of this song cuts T-Pain's second verse. There is also another version of this song that cuts Wiz Khalifa's rap, which was included on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 41.

Formats and track listings

  1. "5 O'Clock" - 4:41
  2. "Best Love Song" - 4:24
  1. "5 O'Clock" - 4:41
  1. "5 O'Clock" - 4:40

    Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history